Archive for May, 2008

No slowdown in attrition yet for IT sector

Sunday, May 25th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: The Hindu Business Line DATE: May 25th, 2008 ARTICLE When an industry faces uncertain times it is easy to assume that employees would typically stick around with current employers and not jump ... Read more..

CBay buys Philips unit for $287 m

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: Hindustan Times DATE: May 22nd, 2008 Philip seem to have lost a lot of money on Medquest.  Philips owns 70% of MedQuist (MEDQ.PK), a medical transcription company. Read more..

Outsourcing services for commercial real estate servicers

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: MBAA.org ( Probably - someone just emailed this to me!) DATE: May 21st, 2008 Primary servicers now weigh factors other than cost benefits to determine inherent profitability in outsourcing services—onshore or ... Read more..

Patni Launches Pre-Packaged ‘Patni atoms’ for Telecom, Media Firms

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

SOURCE: IT News Online DATE: May 22nd, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: Good to see firms looking to leverage and build IP to offer solutions to their customers. I recall a recent press release about ... Read more..

India-China-US-Australia key fact comparison

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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IDBI Fortis Life Insurance to use Mastek’s Elixir System

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: Press Release DATE: May 21st, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: Mastek continues to build a platform centric approach to a few dedicated vertical including insurance and is also looking to tap into Indian domestic ... Read more..

India’s Infosys sees higher wages to keep staff

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: Reuters DATE: May 21st, 2008 ARTICLE Infosys Technologies Ltd (INFY.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) (INFY.O: Quote, Profile, Research), India's No. 2 software services exporter, is seeing greater competition for talent, and expects higher ... Read more..

HCL Launches Underwriting Solution

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: INSURANCE & TECHNOLOGY DATE: MAY 20th, 2008 ARTICLE HCL TECHNOLOGIES, an IT services provider, has announced the release of Penstock InsureWrite, an SOA-based policy underwriting system that automates the underwriting process and ... Read more..

Infosys hires consultant to chalk out revamp plan

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: The Hindu Business Line DATE: May 21st, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: Interesting fact on training cost for Infosys: at $1000 an employee on existing employee and $2,500 on new employees  with an existing ... Read more..

Firstsource, Airtel in three-year outsourcing partnership

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: The Hindu Business Line DATE: May 21st, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: The growth of domestic telecom firms is a big opportunity for BPO firms looking to offer services to domestic markets in India. ... Read more..